Islamic Calligraphy

Joint Winner of the 2007 British-Kuwait Friendship Society Prize for Middle Eastern Studies Winner of 2008 World Prize for Book of the Year by the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance Selected as a 2007 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title This stunning book is an important contribution to a key area of non-western art, being the first reference work on the art of beautiful writing in Arabic script. The extensive use of writing is a hallmark of Islamic civilization. Calligraphy, the art